I don't even know if the guides are still valid, in anycase, make sure you search for an english unofficial patch for the game, that might help make sense of the game if you don't understand jp languange.

Hmmm, unfortunately it doesn't seem to want to let me install the game, which is pretty rubbish :-( It gets as far as the updater and then comes up with an error saying it can't update or something (Error 434)... anyone else had this problem/know of a work around? I've had a little look around the internet but nothing helpful :-(

Not to worry, I actually got the downloader working yesterday - turns out the problem was much deeper than 1st thought! Aparently I haven't had Windows Firewall or Windows Update working for the last year After spending 6 hours on the internet to get it to work they're both working again now, my computer is once again up-to-date and protected, and I can download the 21,000+ updates to PSO2!!! This might take a while... lol

EDIT
After finally getting my computer to run the game, I have at last played PSO 2! Woohoo!

It's AWESOME! And of course, very PSO-like. The only problem is I have no clue what's going on or where I go after completing the tutorial lol! Oh ell, something to work out next time I think, hehe!

If anyone is still online, I've joined Ship 2 - Aparently that's where the majority of English speaking folk are?

I can't say i have, i've been playing warframe instead, on PSO2 only used the caracter creation really, but the way they treat players and how the game mechanics work made me pick something else.
I mean, i guess it's a fun game, but i'm more of a PSO1 kind of guy.